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have you observed the trans temperature gage ? if so how close to the red it got?

Looks like you kept 4LO on most/all the climb and if so the higher rpms in theory kept the temperatures more controlled. At least this have been my experience.

The side look is the money shot for sure. But isn't bad from the front. I had similar ideas (doing just the side section) a while ago but ended not doing anything yet.

Yes you can. Any small angle on a parking lot you can see it. Specially from the front with the rake.

Not the center? I'm curious how it looks from the front

I'm curious if you observed the transmission temperature after all this climbing.

Black are only for the FE, this are gray/charcoal ones. tires are oem size 267/70/18 falkens at4w, looks bigger than stock but is about the same height, just a bit wider tread width.

I tried another time and still no past the 3rd gear, manually or automatically . Not sure if this have anything to do with the full time vs part time, but the transmission behavior is certainly limited when the 4LO is engaged. like is only intended to climb and ultra low speeds, nothing else...

You are correct. Found out when it arrived at home... I removed the link to avoid future confusion.

Wait 2-3 years minimum and you should have a decent car by them. Just a Tundra example, since 2022 and still a lot of engines to replace.

Last couple tanks I'm around 18.5-19.5 mpg. Always on premium gas. Some trips I get 23mpg, other trips 16mpg, all depends if I'm going uphill/downhill, traffic/going fast and so on. my commute is only 10 miles and 600-700 ft altitude difference with a lot of ups and downs in the middle, so it...

I’m curious how similar the LC is to the Tacoma in the transmission cooling department. The temperatures were very high, but no “actual” problem.

Drives like a ICE car. Actually kinda worse because with the small engine there's not much engine brake.

I haven't seen a single one, GX in other hand at least 3.

My case there's no minivans, just some old diesel trucks going up the forest road like crazy fast. 4LO was reasonable on my 4Runner because it wasn't limited on gears. Do you remember which mode (eco/normal/sport) you used ? Because I'm almost sure my case was on ECO (4HI). Not sure if would...

Yes, I reported that on both threads and I absolutely think we are in the same boat here. Everyday drive the temperatures are dead in the middle, no problems at all. Slow speeds uphill on a gravel road and it went up. in my case I stopped before get to red. I wouldn't mind drive on 4LO but the...

I need to do this route, but feels you have a good couple days driving I only keep in the stampede pass area Please report back your finding specially the LC performance!

ECO stays SPORT don't Noticed also when you change to 4LO it get back from ECO to NORMAL

Keep us posted. That noise is getting more and more often. Now even with the car "warm" on my 5000 mile service I might bring this up if there's an actual solution

I wouldn’t worry about bend or break the Fumoto (or any other) valve there The oil pan is protected by the crossmember and behind the axle Tucked up pretty good This and the (ideally aftermarket or FE) skid plate, you should be good Unless you do some massive bending don’t there… Then you have...

I tried disable the auto parking brake and made no difference Which makes sense if the noise is coming from the front wheels I never pinpoint where’s from.

There's a reason I got the meteor shower color. 😅 Worry a bit less about scratches and the inevitable swirls marks. That said I hand wash it for now. But late fall/winter/early spring is touchless car wash and (eventual) hand drying season. I did a coat of beadmaker after the first wash and...

The heavier steering wheel is excellent. Feels more engine braking too, probably due the up gear. I use normal for a couple weeks, than eco for a while, than normal for a few days, than sport for a day or two... Is like driving slightly different cars

My 2022 4Runner was totaled because I got rear ended and bent the frame, very minimal, but did. The body shop requested a new frame and wouldn't do just a fix. I was ok with the totaled because I ended nearly breaking even with the insurance payout plus I used a car for over a year "for free"...

is there a engine sound enhancement ? I'm assuming the default is off right ? LC is so quiet, hard to believe there's any other sound being pumped in...

Happens with me almost every morning I get that noise backing out of the garage. Something that I noticed is the parking brakes is applied automatically when moving to P. I very rarely used parking brakes on my previous cars. Could be something related to that. I'll turn off the automatic...

if there's anyone here that wants to sell it, please message me!

😮😮😮 Yikes!!! I'm wondering how much the FE skid plate would help if any in this situation. the front coverage is quite similar

I'm only 300 miles in with the new tires. including some offroad Still early to tell. But overall I'm expecting 1 mpg loss

Since I got the Falken Wildpeak AT4w (OEM size) it went down from 22-23 to 19-20 at best. 1500 miles in. But I've been driving more and more "spirited" as I get more comfortable with the driving dynamics... 😅